What You Should Know:
- Israeli medical device start-up Olive Diagnostics, which uses an optical sensor and AI-powered device to perform 100% passive real-time urine analysis, is extending its seed funding round to $7.3 million, after raising an additional $1.5 million from existing investors and private investors.
- The investors in the pre-seed stage include Israeli HMO Maccabi Healthcare Services, Mayo Clinic, eHealth Ventures, Amgen Ventures, The Israel Innovation
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Analysis: Is Oracle Cerner Planning to Build A National EHR?
Earlier this month Oracle closed its $28.3B acquisition of Cerner and shortly after Oracle founder and CTO, Larry Ellison, outlined Oracle’s vision for Healthcare IT post-acquisition. The key elements of this vision included:
- Developing a solution for a national EHR database.
- Leveraging this solution, and similar smaller-scale connected EHR initiatives, to provide life science, pharma and other users with a rich environment for research, clinical trials and drug
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Rochester Regional Health Taps TytoCare for On-Demand Virtual Visits
What You Should Know:
- Rochester Regional Health, an integrated health system serving western New York, the Finger Lakes, and beyond, announced it has selected TytoCare, an all-in-one modular device and examination solution for AI-powered, remote medical exams. On-demand virtual visits via TytoCare are available starting today for Rochester Regional patients.
- The integration of the TytoCare solution into Rochester Regional’s current telehealth appointments enhances the health system’s
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M&A: CompuGroup Medical Acquires eMDs for $240M
What You Should Know:
- CompuGroup Medical (CGM) acquires eMDs, Inc. (eMDs), a
leading provider of healthcare IT with a focus on doctors' practices in the US,
reaching an attractive size in the biggest healthcare market worldwide.
- CGM is building an attractive platform for future
growth through complementary product portfolios and the ability to provide
comprehensive solutions for doctors' practices.
CompuGroup
Holding USA, Inc., a 100 % subsidiary of CompuGroup Medical SE
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Arcadia Acquires Selected Assets of Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative
What You Should Know:
- Arcadia acquires selected assets of Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative (MAeHC), a non-profit services firm delivering strategic guidance, project management, data warehousing and analytics services, and hands-on implementation support.
- The acquisition enhances Arcadia’s capabilities in the areas of strategic guidance, project management, data warehousing, and analytics services, and hands-on implementation support to help providers improve clinical and
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Can EHRs Stand Up Marketplaces for Innovation?
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) continues to advocate for improved data exchange, with the interoperability and information blocking rules being the latest federal push.
One of the ONC’s goals with its latest guidance is to establish an ecosystem of innovation, with electronic health records (EHRs) serving as the foundation -- i.e., the platform enabling application development and user access.
But when it comes developing an EHR-based marketplace for
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Cerner Sells Off Parts of Healthcare IT Business in Germany and Spain for $248M
- Cerner sells off parts of healthcare IT business in Germany and Spain to Germany company CompuGroup Medical SE for EUR 225 million ($247.5M USD).
- The acquired assets include "medico" and "Soarian Integrated Care", hospital information systems (HIS) in Germany, Selene, a HIS in Spain, and "Soarian Health Archive", a document archiving solution for healthcare providers.
- The sell-off by Cerner reflects the company’s overall growth strategy and optimized approach to portfolio management.
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Change Healthcare Launches API & Services Connection to Spur Healthcare Innovation
- Change Healthcare has just announced the launch of API & Services Connection, a of library of APIs that spans the Change Healthcare broad portfolio of solutions and includes AI, Medical Network, Payments, Pharmacy, and RCM products.- Now available on the AWS Marketplace, the new library gives healthcare innovators instant access to the same clinical, financial, operational, and patient experience services that power Change Healthcare’s portfolio of HIT solutions. - Now, innovative
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Executive Insights: Top Healthcare Predictions & Trends to Watch in 2020
As we close out the year, we asked several healthcare industry executives to share their predictions and trends for 2020.
Robbie Hughes, Founder, and CEO, Lumeon
“Following the announcement of the Trump administration's price transparency requirement – and the ensuing backlash from hospital groups – the issue of price transparency will dominate the healthcare industry next year. Regardless of the outcome of the lawsuit, I expect we'll see more attention around the importance of the
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Massachusetts Expands Digital Health R&D Sandbox Program
- Massachusetts eHealth Institute at MassTech (MeHI) adds Brigham Digital Innovation Hub (iHub) in Boston, MIT’s Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (IMES) in Cambridge, and TechSpring at Baystate Health in Springfield, Mass. - MeHI selects startups eMotion Rx of Cambridge and Stability Health of Worcester for Inaugural Sandbox at Worcester Polytechnic InstituteThe Massachusetts eHealth Institute at MassTech (MeHI) has selected three of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ leading
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